1000 km of Paul Ricard: Borkovic replaced by Girolami at Madpanda

Franco Girolami will be present at Castelet from June 3 to 5. While theEndurance Cup of the GT World Challenge arrives at Castellet for the traditional 1000 km of Paul-Ricard, the Argentinian arrives within the Madpanda Motorsport team to replace Dusan Borkovic. 

« I am delighted that Ezequiel and the Madpanda team have trusted me for this edition of the Paul Ricard 1000 km. I'm really looking forward to driving the Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo and start working with the team. This will be my first race in GT, for which I am very motivated and I will give 110%. The GT World Challenge is the most important series in the world for this type of car, so it will be a very big challenge for me and I feel ready to take it on. », explains Franco Girolami. 

IT’S RACE WEEK 🇫🇷

Malena and her crew are heading to Circuit Paul Ricard for the 1000 kms 👊🏼 The second round of @GTWorldChEu Endurance will host a 6-hour race on Saturday evening!

Malena takes onboard @frangirolami who will make his debut in the GT category💪🏼 Welcome Franco! pic.twitter.com/0XbhRNeM6Q

— Madpanda Motorsport 🐼 (@Madpanda_Msport) May 30, 2022

« I'm delighted to have Franco in the car with us. I've been following him for a while now and he's doing an incredible job in WTCR. He tested with us last year in Barcelona and he proved that he is also fast in GT. We had the opportunity to ride together at Paul Ricard and I hope we get good results! I can not wait to be there », specifies Ezequiel Companc, one of the three drivers of the team in this race. Will this choice pay off? Answer this weekend at Castellet.

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